This Week's Special Friday Tasting
Deux Roches
October 2, 2026
A Masterclass in Chardonnay from Burgundy's Maconnais
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This Week Friday, October 2, 2026 Deux Roches A Masterclass in Chardonnay from Burgundy's Maconnais In-store, 5 - 6:30pm
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Deux Roches, the two rocks Solutré and Vergisson, mark the Maconnais. They are also Collovray and Terrier, two stalwart Maconnais families whose members joined to create the winery and estate.
Federal has featured the wines for over a decade because they consistently show a soft and subtle balance between ripe acidity and generous but not overly ostentatious fruit. We are very pleased to welcome Romain Bourgeois of the winery to conduct the tasting.
Serious winemaking is matched with wit and humor. Deux Roches suggests music pairings, unusual for a winery and worth printing here. Their repertoire runs to jazz and pop. If you run classical, the more basic wines work well with the Chopin piano concerto; the St Veran and Pouillys with something more orchestral, like a Beethoven symphony.
2024 Bourgogne Blanc
A more generous wine from clayey soils. Like the others, it is enriched by several months on the lees – no oak. Nice fruit and mineral balance. Light SO2
Dean Martin “Sweet in My Mind,” Glenn Miller “Jazz in the Mood.”
Very Good $23.95, Case $19,95
2023 Macon Villages
Simple and direct from limestone soils, crisper than the Bourgogne peach and apricot notes. More finesse than many at the price. Very Good Plus
Les copains d’abord, Georges Brassens, Whistle on Joe Dassin Hill, Voilà l’été, Les Négresses Vertes.
$23.95, Case $19,95
2024 Saint-Veran Tradition
Both rich and lively, with delicate floral notes and assertive minerality.
A floral aroma of honeysuckle and acacia. On the palate, the juice is both firm and rich, with a round, finely structured, and mineral attack. The lingering finish carries sweet, bitter citrus notes. Creamy and chewy. Very Good Plus
Elvis Presley Blue Suede Shoes, Jean-Jacques Goldman When the music is good, Cancan music.
$28.95, case $24.95
2023 Saint Veran Rives de Longsault
Richer older vines grown on clay-limestone soils near the Longsault stream, this cuvée expresses all the richness of the Mâconnais terroir—a full-bodied Chardonnay with aromas of candied fruit, carried by a lively and refreshing finish. Broad and muscular on the palate, it offers generous, fleshy fruit before stretching out into a long, fine, lively, and refreshing finish. Now or aging: Very Good - Excellent
Yves Montand, On a Bicycle, Bruce Springsteen, Born to Run. $35, 29.95
2024 Pouilly-Fuissé Vielles Vignes
A smooth Chardonnay with notes of honeysuckle and ripe apricot, nicely balanced.
From an iron-rich plot at the foot of Vergisson. Barrel-fermented, fine and mineral-bright, with refined aromas of apricot and honeysuckle and a rich, solid structure. For richer foods: Very Good- Excellent
Dire Straits, Sultans of Swing, Edith Piaf, La Foule, Massive Attack, Unfinished Sympathy, Nouvelle Vague, In A Manner of Speaking.$45, Case $38
2019 Deux Roches Pouilly Fuisse Les Crays
From the oldest vines in a vineyard that is now classified as 1er cru
Aroma: heady, rather full, rather rich, dense, full, sweet; Mouth: firm, sweet wood noted, firm acid tannin, lush overtones, saline, firm acid, clean, long; Limited Excellent
Deux Roches omitted here. I think Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody $50; Case, $43
Len Rothenberg
Deux Roches Masterclass Case, two each of the wines - $415 $347 (28.92)
Mix any twelve at their case prices
Attendees at the tasting can purchase any at it’s case price
Order by phone at 617.367.8605, or reserve here: order@federalwine.com
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